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Gender Feminine
Usage Korean
Scripts 소연(Korean Hangul) 素妍, 素姸, 素延, 昭延, 昭娟, 少妍, 小娟, etc.(Korean Hanja)
Pronounced Pron. /sʰo.jʌn/  [key·simplify]

Meaning & History

From Sino-Korean 素 (so) meaning "plain, simple", 昭 (so) meaning "bright, luminous" or 少 (so) meaning "few, little" combined with 妍/姸 (yeon) meaning "beautiful", 延 (yeon) meaning "stretch, prolong" or 娟 (yeon) meaning "beautiful, graceful". Other hanja combinations can form this name as well.
Added 1/30/2016 by Kate
Edited 1/2/2025 by sekejap, Evil and Kate